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Jilted by her fiancé, Amanda Pearson gives up on romance and turns to her Quaker faith for reassurance. She becomes determined to follow the Rev. and Mrs. Spalding into the western wilderness to minister to the Nez Percé Indians.

But a three-thousand-mile journey in 1837 is fraught with danger for anyone, and soon Amanda finds herself recovering from near death in a trapper’s cabin. His Indian wife becomes Amanda’s first convert–and friend. But the trapper and his intriguing half-Indian friend want nothing to do with Christians.

Buck McFadden has received nothing but pain from white men who claim Christ as their lord. He wants only to be left to his solitary life, but he can’t seem to walk away from Amanda.

Amanda fears she’ll never reach the mission in the Lapwai Valley. This journey has become life-changing for her–and those she meets–and the choices she must make are almost unbearable.

~Review~

This was my first book that I read by this author and I can tell you right now that I was very,very,very impressed! I really enjoyed reading this book. I think I’ve had interest in reading books that includes the Quaker lifestyle ever since reading Siri Mitchell’s book called,”The Messenger” (which is a very good book by the way if anyone hasn’t read it yet).

This book was very different for me. I loved the plot’s twists and turns! This book certainly has its share! On certain parts of the book I was like”WHAT, THIS CAN’T BE HAPPENING!!” It was full of surprises!

The heroine was very courageous and just as sweet to read about. I loved how she kept falling into the Quaker dialect and some of the other characters were like, “Why can’t you talk normally?” I also kinda felt sorry for the heroine at one point because it seemed like everything was happening to her all at once!
I’ve never really seen a book where there were so many other cultures involved. Like in this story, it ranged from the Quakers to the Indians. Another thing that I like in books is when the author can do flash backs with the characters. It’s so awesome to really see why a certain character is a certain way because of what happened in the past and then eventually seeing God coming and changing the scene altogether.

I loved reading this book and I was totally captured until I had finished the very last page! It was adventurous and engaging all at the same time. I’m totally going to see what other books this author has written and see if can I find more books like this. It was a very good read! (4 stars)

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Texas born and raised Jessica Atherton is a wealthy young woman whose heart was broken when the man she intended to marry wedded another. But her world is upended when two men come into her life and both manage to stir her heart. Harrison Gable is a rich young lawyer who intends to travel the world and live a life of opulence. His ambitions match Jessica’s dreams, but her heart has begun to change.
Austin Todd, former Secret Service agent, enjoys working now as a Texas Ranger cattle inspector. But learning of forged gold certificates and missing printing plates, he’s drawn back into the world of intrigue and agrees to help solve the case. Austin is well-thought-of and admired in the community. Jessica is drawn to his kind nature and the unspoken pain she sees in his eyes.
Will Jessica choose financial security or follow her heart?

~Review~

Tracie Peterson has become one of my favorite authors this year! Her stories are mostly always a simple and sweet treat to read. I’ve really enjoyed reading her books.

The heroine in this story,Jessica, was really something! I really liked reading about her character. I liked how the author introduced her story because it was something that many women in that era could really relate to. The hero,Austin, on the other hand, was pretty interesting to read about as well but somehow I couldn’t really connect to his character in this story.

To be quite honest, to me the story did lag at times and most of the time the story didn’t really hold my attention as much as I thought it would. Maybe it was because I didn’t get a chance to read the first two books in this series. Even though the story was a pretty good read, this story wasn’t really my cup of tea.The story is almost like a mystery as well but since I didn’t read the first book in the series, I didn’t really catch on. I will try to read the first book in this series later on. There were many times that I was at lost knowing who the certain characters were in the story because they were from the previous books. I do recommend reading this series in order to fully enjoy the characters. That’s just my opinion.

Overall, the book cover is absolutely stunning! I really liked the book cover. All in all, even though I didn’t really enjoy this book as much I thought I would, I’m still looking forward to reading more books by Tracie Peterson.

*I received a free copy of this book from Bethany House Publishers. I was not required to write a positive review and all opinions expressed are entirely my own.*

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LOL! I think we can all say that maybe there comes a time in our life that we need an Edna(Incredibles) in our lives so we can SNAP out of it! I thought that this pin from Pinterest was really neat. I hope you enjoyed it as well. It’s also a little humorous. 🙂

~A Little Update~

I’ve been kinda absent lately because I’ve been working and things so I’ve been really behind with my blog. Also, I think I had been suffering from blog burn out. I dunno. Sometimes there comes a time when I just need that “time” away and come back refreshed and renewed! I do have ideas for the blog that are still in the works. I have been reading some awesome books and I can’t wait to tell y’all about it! (EXCITED!)

Oh yeah! My blog has had its first BLOGAVERSARY ON OCT THE 2! Yay!! I CAN’T BELIEVE IT’S BEEN A YEAR ALREADY! Hopefully later I’ll be able to have giveaways and all that good stuff later on. We shall see! I was tempted to just delete the whole blog because at one point I felt that I wouldn’t be able to contribute to it like I should but thanks to God and friends,the blog is still here. I’m also open to my readers’ opinions of what would interest you on my blog.Just feel free to comment below. : )

I have 100 and some followers for the blog so far. So that’s good and I’m working on posting more posts on here! I will be working on that! I had been working on the different sections of the blog like the: